(Zaman al-Wasl)- Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) announced that Syrian Democratic Forces alliance (SDF) militia checkpoints and Asayish allowed return of more than 171 displaced families from Solouk town in Raqqa northern countryside to their homes after they fled them for more than year...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahmed Hamzat, young man from Yarmouk Camp of Palestinian refugee in Damascus, had been living in Sweden for two years, however, he managed to learn the Sweden language within 6 months and initiate a project about “the Language’s friend”, aims to bridge the gap...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired on Tuesday that Donald Trump will be a "natural ally" if the US president-elect fulfils his pledge to fight "terrorists". In his first reaction to Trump's election victory last week, the Syrian president struck a note of caution and said he...

Alphabet's Google announced the formation of an artificial intelligence group for Google Cloud, the tech company's latest gambit to increase its market share in the lucrative cloud computing business. Diane Greene, who leads Google's cloud business, announced the team at an event at the...

(THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)- The front line that divides Aleppo is marked by sandbags and overturned vehicles and zigzags through the cobblestone streets of the Old City’s historic souk. Despite years of bombardment by the Syrian regime and rebel counterattacks, the line has barely moved. The...

 The United States on Tuesday strongly condemned Russia's renewed bombing campaign in Syria and warned that strikes on civilian targets break international law. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said Washington had received reports that the latest Russian and Syrian regime...

Hundreds of demonstrators are gathering outside the Supreme Court to protest Donald Trump's election. They are mostly young people who appear to have walked out of school to protest. They are carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and "Not My President." Another signs says "DCPS...

Kenya destroyed some 5,250 illegal firearms by fire on Tuesday as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjackings and to eliminate threats from terrorism. The burning destroyed weapons confiscated by law enforcement officials or voluntarily surrendered to agents collecting...

Several thousand Belgian military personnel Tuesday marched in the streets of Brussels over a rise in the pension age, at times clashing with police. Authorities said 8,500 off-duty soldiers protested in the historic center of the city, with riot police firing water cannon after receiving...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Tuesday from a trip to France where he underwent medical checks, his office said. Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013, weakening his mobility and forcing him to work from his residence in Zeralda, west of Algiers. The 79-year-old...

At least 15 civilians were injured on Tuesday when a car bomb rocked Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, according to a local security source.  "A car bomb was detonated by an unidentified attacker outside Budizirah Park near the city’s eastern entrance," Interior Ministry spokesman Walid...

(Zaman  Al Wasl)- At least 7 civilians killed on Tuesday in regime shelling on the besieged neighborhood of al Waer in Homs city,  residents said.  The local activists said regime had bombed al Waer with 10 explosive cylinders. The last rebel stronghold in the central...

(CNN)- German authorities have banned an Islamist organization that they say is responsible for inspiring 140 youths to join the Syria conflict. Germany Interior minister Thomas de Maiziere announced the ban on Tuesday after police carried out dawn raids on around 200 targets connected to...

(Time)- Russia announced a major new air offensive in Syria on Tuesday as opposition activists on the ground reported that the first airstrikes in nearly a month struck the besieged, rebel-held parts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. According to activists, between four and 10 people...

Seven Iraqi refugees were burnt to death Monday in the northern province of Kirkuk, according to an Iraqi official. A tent caught fire in the Layan refugee camp in the southeastern parts of Kirkuk, killing a father and his six children, the mayor of the northern city of Baiji, Mohamed...

The Turkish Red Crescent is boosting its humanitarian aid to Jarabulus, Syria and northern Iraq, and so far has sent about 450 trucks of materials to Mosul, areas wracked by ongoing or recent conflict, the group’s head Kerem Kinik told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday. The Turkish Red Crescent is...

(The Washington Times)- Hezbollah’s terrorism finance operations are thriving across Latin America months after the Drug Enforcement Administration linked the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to drug cartels in the region, U.S. lawmakers were told this week. Former DEA operations chief...

Hundreds of Iraqi civilians lined up on Tuesday for food in eastern neighborhoods of Mosul recently retaken from ISIS, as rations ran low, an Iraqi officer said. Maj. Salam al-Obeidi says some 700 residents gathered in three areas of the Zahra and Qadisiya neighborhoods, the latter of which...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Almost 10,000 people have fled the ongoing clashes between the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) and ISIS in the northeastern Raqqa province to the border towns of Tal Abyad and Ayn Issa, said a military source from Thwar al-Raqqa Brigade. The source told Zaman...

Food production in Syria has dropped to an all-time low as the country enters a sixth winter of war, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday. The study by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said many farmers have been forced to abandon their crops due to...